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March 19, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on Kansas’ Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project
Jane Perkins Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges the Secretary to reject Kansas' Sec. 1115 Medicaid waiver project, so-called "KanCare 2.0." The state's waiver scheme includes imposing work requirements on eligibility, extended lockout periods, lifetime limits, and a coercive incentive…
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March 17, 2018
NHeLP Comments to HHS on N.C.’s Amended Sec. 1115 Waiver Project
Jane Perkins Comments
In comments to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), National Health Law Program urges the Secretary to reject North Carolina's amended Sec. 1115 waiver "demonstration" program, which includes an onerous work requirement for eligibility, lock-outs and premiums, and a sweeping and unnecessary provision that would harm…
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March 8, 2018
Arkansas Waiver Program and Its Adverse Impact on Reproductive Health Services
Candace Gibson and Rachel Holtzman Issue Brief
Work requirement programs in Medicaid are not only legally suspect, but they are nonsensical, undermining the intent of Medicaid - to provide health care to low-income individuals and families (so that they are able to find and keep work). The Trump administration is pushing states to add work requirements…
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March 8, 2018
HHS Approves Sec. 1115 Waiver in Arkansas: Effects on People with Disabilities
David Machledt Issue Brief
The "Arkansas Works," Medicaid waiver project approved by Trump's HHS, if implemented, will block thousands of low-income people living with disabilities in Arkansas from accessing Medicaid. National Health Law Program Senior Policy Analyst David Machledt explains how Arkansas's waiver scheme, which provides no "resources or initiatives for employment supports…
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March 8, 2018
Arkansas’s Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman and Rachel Holtzman Issue Brief
The so-called "Arkansas Works" Medicaid waiver scheme recently approved by Trump's HHS is not only legally suspect, but will disproportionally harm people of color who need health care the most -- these are groups of people who have long been discriminated against in the health care system. The National…
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March 6, 2018
Arkansas’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity
Mara Youdelman Issue Brief
On March 5, 2018 HHS approved a section 1115 waiver requested by Arkansas. The approved project is effectively a cut that will worsen or eliminate access to Medicaid for low-income individuals. This proposal will have a significant detrimental impact on people of color, women, and people with disabilities. This…
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NHeLP Comments to HHS on Kansas’ Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver Project

NHeLP Comments to HHS on N.C.’s Amended Sec. 1115 Waiver Project

Arkansas Waiver Program and Its Adverse Impact on Reproductive Health Services

HHS Approves Sec. 1115 Waiver in Arkansas: Effects on People with Disabilities

Arkansas’s Sec. 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity

Arkansas’s Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver & Its Impact on Health Equity